If you have GNOME Shell 3.2 on your system, you should be able toinstall extensions from the website via your browser. This uses the"GNOME Shell Integration" browser plugin which is likely alreadyinstalled on your system if you have GNOME 3.2. The plugin only workswith Firefox currently - see "Known Bugs" below.

We've seeded the site with a small set of extensions, includingthe extensions from gnome-shell-extensions. If you are the authorof an extension that has been uploaded, and you want to take overuploading future releases, please contact us, and we'll get youaccess.

The set of extensions on the site is still small compared to the totalnumber of extensions available. We expect more extensions to beavailable over the next few weeks as authors upload them and theyare reviewed.

About GNOME Shell Extensions============================

GNOME Shell extensions are small pieces of code written by third partydevelopers that modify the way GNOME works. (If you are familiar withChrome Extensions or Firefox Addons, GNOME Shell extensions aresimilar to them.)

Since extensions are created outside of the normal GNOME design anddevelopment process, they are are supported by their authors, ratherthan by the GNOME community.

Extensions provide a way to prototype out new possible features forfuture versions of GNOME, and for advanced users to makecustomizations in ways that aren't necessarily compatible with theoverall design vision of GNOME, but are still cool and useful toa subset of users.

Since extensions become part of the core operating system, they needto be checked for potential security problems. Extensions uploadedto extensions.gnome.org go through code review before they aremade available for download. More information can be found athttps://extensions.gnome.org/about/.

Known Bugs and Problems=======================

* There are some bugs that currently cause the browser plugin to not work correctly in WebKit-based browsers like Epiphany or Chrome. We will fix these bugs in subsequent releases of GNOME Shell, but for now using Firefox to access extensions.gnome.org is advised.

* Extensions that use GSettings to store user settings cannot be currently installed as a user; this limitation will be fixed for GNOME 3.4. In the mean time, extension authors should avoid the use of GSettings if they want to make their extension available via extensions.gnome.org.

* Due to a bug in GNOME Shell 3.2.1 code, the uninstall button will not work for some extensions. Disabling extensions still works, but if you want to remove an extension entirely, you'll need to manually delete it from ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions.

Reporting Problems==================

If you find problems with the site, please file them inbugzilla.gnome.org against the 'extensions.gnome.org' componentof the website product.

Problems with individual extensions should be reported usingthe "Help! It didn't work!" link on the extension's page.